EP1542606A4 - Verfahren und vorrichtungen zur ablation - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtungen zur ablation

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Publication number: EP1542606A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: ablation; methods; devices
Prior art date: 2002-09-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP03759515A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1542606A2 (de

Inventor

Matthias Vaska

John E Crowe

Gary Henry Miller

Jonathan Podmore

Gerard Champsaur

Drew Hoffman

Casey Tansey

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

St Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc

Original Assignee

St Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2002-09-24

Filing date

2003-09-23

Publication date

2010-12-08

2003-09-23 Application filed by St Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc filed Critical St Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc

2005-06-22 Publication of EP1542606A2 publication Critical patent/EP1542606A2/de

2010-12-08 Publication of EP1542606A4 publication Critical patent/EP1542606A4/de

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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